Occupational Health Services at Saint Margaret Mercy.

• Position: Full range of health care services

Research shows that well over half of Americans are not regularly active, and nearly 25 percent are not active at all. These figures translate into the workplace as well, which suggests that our workforce is becoming less efficient, less productive and more costly with every passing day.

The Occupational Health Program at Saint Margaret Mercy Healthcare Centers is comprehensive and provides businesses with a full range of health-care services designed to help companies control healthcare costs and make employees healthy. Having one source that can provide all health-care services from wellness and education through rehabilitation assures your company of a more efficient continuum of care, better case management, a unified team of health-care professionals and a customized approach to your health-care needs.

* Preventive-medicine programs

Some of our services include:

* Health-risk assessments

* Occupational-health and substance-abuse screenings

* Customized health programs

* Job-specific evaluations and functional-capacity assessments

* Rehabilitation, physical therapy

* Case management

* Industrial first aid

* Employee health fairs

* Work hardening

* Wellness

The Advantage of a Hospital-Based Program

Occupational Health is a gateway to all hospital services, providing access to emergency care, acute care, rehabilitation services and prevention and wellness programming.

Education is a very important part of keeping people--and companies--healthy. Saint Margaret Mercy offers an array of educational programs including CPR, nutrition, stress management and supervisor training.

"Our occupational-health clients don't have to worry about emergencies because we are a hospital-based, 24/7 program," says Tim Ross, Occupational Health marketing coordinator. "Any client can walk into one of our Emergency departments after clinic hours and have the same care they get in the clinic."

Our team of occupational specialists includes board-certified physicians, nurses, therapists, rehabilitation professionals and case managers who are proactive in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of employee illnesses or injury. They provide physical examinations, executive physicals, laboratory work (including blood, cholesterol and urine tests), immunizations, diagnostic exams...